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• Parterre
  much used by the French, their Gravel rarely binding, as ours does. Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718: 2:183–84) “Parterre (says the Author
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• Wood/Woods
  paths were key to one of the chief functions of woods, as defined by Stephen Switzer (1718); they provided a place for walking. Philip Miller (1754) expounded
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• Wilderness
  state of disorder. . . “4. A wood in a garden, resembling a forest.” Stephen Switzer, Plan for “The Mannour of Paston,” in Ichnographia rustica (1718), fig
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• Terrace/Slope
  often slightly raised and of varying dimensions and materials. Although Stephen Switzer (1718) made subtle distinctions between kinds of terraces (terrace walks
  72 KB (10,105 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
• Mount
  in the midst thereof to convey water to every part of the Garden.” Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718; repr., 1982: 3:xi) “Earth ever there
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• Jet
  Giles (engraver), Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge, 1839. Stephen Switzer, An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks
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• Gate/Gateway
  century. Anonymous, Overmantle painting from Morattico Hall, 1715. Stephen Switzer, Plan for “The Mannour of Paston,” in Ichnographia rustica (1718), fig
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• Prospect
  cause it to terminate in the best prospect your situation will afford.” Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718: 2:200) “If the Wood/Woods is thin
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• Quarter
  winter quarters for the troops. I saw the stranger at his quarters.” Stephen Switzer, “Designs for Parterre Quarters,” in Ichnographia rustica (1718), vol
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• Ephraim Chambers
  laid out important gardens in the geometric style, and their student Stephen Switzer (1682–1745), an early proponent of the natural or English style. Chambers
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• Kitchen garden
  other parts of the landscape. This general concept, first described by Stephen Switzer (1718) in Ichnographia rustica, more often was referred to as an “ornamental
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• Pond
  bank of verdure.” Anonymous, Hunting Scene with a Pond, 18th century. Stephen Switzer, Plan for “The Mannour of Paston,” in Ichnographia rustica (1718), fig
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• Espalier
  “Espaliers, are Wall-trees, or any Trellissed, or palisado’d Tree.” Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718: 2:225–31) “As a general Security
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• Common
  acre in extent.” Pierre Pharoux, Plan of Esperanza, NY [detail], n.d. Stephen Switzer, Plan for “The Mannour of Paston,” in Ichnographia rustica (1718), fig
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• Fountain
  health, by their beauty and variety, are fully appreciated by us.” Stephen Switzer, “Designs for Parterre Quarters,” in Ichnographia Rustica, 2 vols. (1718)
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• Yard
  on the floor of the rotunda of the capitol, and call it a carpet.” Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718; repr., 1982: 2:136–37) “COURT-YARDS
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• Monticello
  ferme ornée, as endorsed by the English garden designer and writer Stephen Switzer (1682–1745) in his Ichnographia Rustica (1742). Jefferson’s plan for
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• Lawn
  attainment of a higher species of keeping to one’s country home. [Fig. 25] Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718: 2:200) “If the Wood is thin, ‘tis
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• Walk
  and the Diagonal or Thwart-walk, in respect of that at Right Angles.” Switzer, Stephen, 1718, Ichnographia Rustica (1718; repr., 1982: 3:46) “And why, is
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• Ferme ornée/Ornamental farm
  receiving, a Man might make a pretty Landskip of his own Possessions.” Switzer, Stephen, 1742, Ichnographia Rustica (quoted in Brogden 1983: 39) “This Taste
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